enemy. Stones kill without mangling
the body, and the contusion is mortal
without loss of blood. It is
universally known the ancients
employed slingers in all their
engagements. There is the greater
reason for instructing all troops,
without exception, in this exercise, as
the sling cannot be reckoned any
encumbrance, and often is of the
greatest service, especially when they
are obliged to engage in stony places,
to defend a mountain or an eminence,
or to repulse an enemy at the attack of
a castle or city.Moshe Garsiel’s chapter “The Valley of